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What is the requirement for open source FW? As long as you get a camera that is ONVIF certified then there is no risk of lock in as it is an open standard that is compatible with most VMS software.

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Don't forget that it is still an IP connected device, which will realistically never receive a security update.

Best-case scenario it'll call back to the mothership, worst-case scenario it'll turn into a backdoor for your entire network and you'll start receiving ransomware threats with awkward photos/videos attached to them.

You can avoid this by preventing any traffic to or from the device except from Frigate.

> worst-case scenario [...] you'll start receiving ransomware threats with awkward photos/videos attached to them

Honestly, I can kinda understand having outdoor cameras, if you're in a high crime area - but I just can't empathise with folks who feel more secure after putting indoor cameras in their own home.

I think it's for the case of if you have a nice house and you have a party and people come over, and they bring people that you don't know over, and something goes missing, they want to be able to see who took it.

> I think it's for the case of if you have a nice house and you have a party and people come over

thought this was going down a P Diddy route there for a second

Imagine you hear a sound late at night and you are sleeping. You can check the cameras and see if anyone is inside.

Also, we use them for kids and cats - keep and eye and find out what happened. In fact for our one cat we heard a sound and we were able to see she fell off a desk and was hurt. So we could help her immediately.

It is best practice to put your cameras on a VLAN or otherwise restrict access to the internet. If you must expose it to the internet expose the VMS software and properly access not your cameras.

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